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Information Technology Law Masters Programme
Prof. Dr. Rimantas Petrauskas
Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
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Information Technology Law Masters Programme
DIPLOMA AWARDED
Master of Laws (LLM)
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Information Technology Law Masters Programme
This Study Programme was registered by Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania in 2001.
Full accreditation was awarded in 2004 by International committee (lawyers from USA, UK, Danmark, Latvia).
Last changes there made in 2005.
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AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES ABOUT:
1) the new legal processes within the information society;
2) transformations of traditional legal institutes and processes in e-law;
3) to form the abilities and competence to manage information technologies that will help to solve legal problems in information society.
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AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
Study programme aims at training the lawyers with special knowledge and skills necessary for working in the information society.
Study programme aims to give a profound knowledge of the IT Law, its areas of applications and its realization in practice.
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
The study programme is developed with help and following the recommendation of EULISP – CDA (European Universities Legal Informatics Study Program) project.
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Admission criteria
Students having academic background of Law:
Bachelor in law;High legal education (ad list 3 years in
University).
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Admitted full time students
2002/2003 – 15
2003/2004 – 12
2005/2006 – 14
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Admitted part time students (extramural studies)
2002/2003 – 23
2002/2004 – 26
2005/2006 – 22
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CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
Study programme consists of the subjects in law and the subjects analysing the most important law institutes of information technologies, including:
the intellectual property rights in cyberspace, telecommunications law, e-commerce and e-signature law, data protection and data security; Internet law and etc.
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1st semester
Legal Regulation of Electronic Communication (4.5 ECTS credits)
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace (6 ECTS credits)
Information Technology and Law (6 ECTS credits)
E-Governance (4.5 ECTS credits)Research Work (7.5 ECTS credits)
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1st semester
Additional Courses Offered:
Legal Statistics (4.5 ECTS credits)
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2nd semester
Legal Regulation of E-commerce (6 ECTS credits)
Internet Law (4.5 ECTS credits)Data Protection and Data Security (4.5
ECTS credits)Research Work (15 ECTS credits)
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3rd semester
Cyber Crimes (6 ECTS credits)Artificial Intelligence and Law (4.5 ECTS
credits)Master Thesis (21 ECTS credits)
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RESEARCH WORK
Research work aims at developing the skills of scientific research work in the field of IT law that helps master students to work in an effective way embracing all the elements indicated in the plan for master’s studies.
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Final Master’s Thesis
Studies end with Final Master’s Thesis, which is continuation of the research work.
Students are doing written research work on chosen IT Law field on student’s own.
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Final Master’s Thesis
THE MOST POPULAR IT LAW FIELDS FOR MASTER’S THESIS ARE:
Intellectual property law, Legal problems of E-governance, Electronic communication and law, E-commerce law, Cyber crimes, Data protection and data security, Information society law.
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Subjects in English
Legal Regulation of Electronic Communication
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace E-commerce Law Cyber Crimes Data Protection and Data Security E-Governance Socio-Legal Statistics Artificial Intelligence and Law
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Academic Staff
Professors: 43 %Associate Professors: 27 %Others: 30 %
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STRENGTHS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
The programme provide the possibility to the persons, who already have a fundamental legal education, to acquire specialised higher education of master degree in the area of legal informatics.
Content of the programme is closely related to the nowadays processes existing in the social-legal process in EU and Lithuania, transformation to information society.
The programme creates favourable preconditions for employment in the knowledge economy related business and public structures.
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STRENGTHS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
Student are provided with good learning resources for studies. Teachers of high qualification teach in the programme.
Students have the possibility to study in the universities abroad (Zaragoza,Spain, Lapland,Finland; Leuven, Belgium; Vienna, Austria) attend the lectures gave by the professors from this and others foreign universities, to take part in the research activity of departament.
The programme complies with the international standards and the latest study programmes of higher schools abroad.
Integrity of the programme: the programme unites the legal and technical subjects.
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Master’s Thesis defended in 2006
The Influence of Convergence on the Legal Regulation of Electronic Communications
Penal Legal Characteristics of Informatics Crimes
Legal Protection of Databases in France and Lithuania
Legal Protection of Personal Data while Processing them in Police Information Systems
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Master’s Thesis defended in 2006
Legal environment of the E-government: Principles and Perspectives
Impact of Cyberspace on the Intellectual Property Rights
Legal Aspects of the Protection of Employees’ Privacy in Cyberspace
Principles of Legal Regulation of Electronic Commerce and their Implementation in Lithuania
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Master’s Thesis defended in 2006
Harmful Contents of Websites: Regulation and Practical Legal Issues
Protection of Personal Data at the Workplace
Guarantees of Data Protection in the Databases of the Ministry of the Interior: Legal and Practical Aspects
Protection of Intellectual Property in the Context of Internet Media
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Master Thesis defended in 2006
Legal Regulation of Electronic Contracts Electronic Democracy and its Legal Aspects Internet Self-Regulation in Lithuania and its
Legal Preconditions Identification Problem of Internet Law Legal Regulation of Indirect Taxes in
Cyberspace Implementation of Copyrights and Related
Rights on the Internet Civil Liability in Cyberspace
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Research continuation during doctoral studies
The best students may be invited for scientific doctoral studies (PhD studies).
There are 8 PhD students studying in the field of Information Technology Law.
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Fields of doctoral studies - Doctoral Thesis
1. Legal aspects of informational anonymity in electronic environment.
2. Alternative regulation models of electronic communication.
3. Legal and patent protection of intellectual property.
4. Legal aspects of intellectual property protection in electronic environment.
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Fields of doctoral studies - Doctoral Thesis
1. The meaning of contract law in open source programs regulation.
2. Electronic documents, legal regulation of exchanging of them in EU and Lithuania.
3. E-commerce in public sector, in context of administrative reform.
4. Taxation of e-commerce, legal regulation in Lithuania context.
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Master’s Study Programme of Information Technology Law
Master’s study programme of Information Technology Law is a logical continuation of the research works, which were conducted in the Mykolas Romeris University for several years.
Mykolas Romeris University is seeking to have well integrated research mechanism in the field of Information Technology Law.